Right after the first of the year I reported on the new prescription drug program offered by Medicare. This program is essentially pushing low income seniors and people with disabilities into HMOs. The new program, which took effect January 1, has had a shaky start to say the least. With numerous states issuing public health […]
Bob Ney has announced that he will temporarily step down as chairman of the House Administration Committee. “Unfortunately it has become clear to me in recent days that the false allegations made against me have become a distraction to the important work of the House Republican Conference and the important work that remains ahead for […]
Remember last year when protests broke out across the Middle East because of a report in Newsweek that our military was flushing the Quran? It created a big back lash that ended up with Newsweek publishing a retraction and the right escalating their attack against opponents of the war. Here we are 7 months later […]
The swift boating of John Murtha is now going full force as we learn in today’s Washington Post: Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), the former Marine who is an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq, has become the latest Democrat to have his Vietnam War decorations questioned. In a tactic reminiscent of the Swift […]
The following is an update to the Bob Ney story: House Speaker Dennis Hastert is trying to force out Ohio Rep. Bob Ney (news, bio, voting record) as chairman of the House Administration Committee, a week after Justice Department documents linked Ney to a bribery scheme involving convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Ney’s committee has jurisdiction […]
This story is currently developing: Ney Under Pressure to Resign Chairmanship By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press Writer Embattled Ohio Republican Bob Ney is in talks with House Speaker Dennis Hastert about resigning his chairmanship of the House Administration Committee, a senior House GOP aide told The Associated Press on Friday. Ney has been linked to […]
Pat Robertson apologized yesterday for his comments about Sharon”s stroke. Pat Robertson has apologized to Ariel Sharon’s son for saying on his TV show that the Israeli prime minister’s massive stroke was divine punishment from God. “My zeal, my love of Israel, and my concern for the future safety of your nation led me to […]
Last week a report came out about one of our missiles targeting a house with insurgents going off pass and hitting a home of Iraqi’s, killing 9. John Hopkins has done an interesting study which is of course being dismissed by Bush and Blair. A little more than a year ago, a group of Johns […]
This should really spark a heated discussion and calls of partisanship from the right: Former Vice President Al Gore will deliver a scathing speech Monday at Constitution Hall in Washington — just blocks from the White House — at which he will declare America is faced with a constitutional crisis, RAW STORY has learned. The […]
OK I have been pretty quiet on the confirmation hearings. I feel there are enough other blogs out there giving play by play that my two cents aren’t really needed. I also feel like it is nothing more than a smoke screen. Even if Democrats go against him, he will still go to Senate and […]